Apple, Creative Technology Set
Pact Ending iPod-Tied Dispute

Apple Computer Inc. will pay Creative Technology Ltd. a $100 million technology-licensing fee in a deal to settle an escalating legal fight over patents related to Apple's hot-selling iPod.

The deal brings to a close five pending lawsuits the companies had filed against each other, starting with a complaint Singapore-based Creative filed against Apple in May in federal court in San Francisco. In the suit, Creative alleged that Apple's iPod digital music player violated a Creative patent on methods for navigating,...